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Flateyjarbók
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thumb|300px|Illustrated page of Flateyjarbók, containing the end of Eiríks saga víðförla and the start of [[Ólafs saga Tryggvasonar.]]
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thumb|300px|Illustrated page of Flateyjarbók, containing the end of Eiríks saga víðförla and the start of [[Ólafs saga Tryggvasonar.]]
Flateyjarbók (; "Book of Flatey") is an important medieval Icelandic manuscript. It is also known as GkS 1005 fol. and by the Latin name Codex Flateyensis. It was commissioned by the knight and lawspeaker, Jón Hákonarson, and produced by the priests and scribes Jón Þórðarson and Magnús Þórhallsson.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Flateyjarbók” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.